Austin G. Mackell
Top Posts
me on twitter…
- Australian activists watch your fucking backs, and each others: thawraeyewitness.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/asio-h… 22 hours ago
- @mememdo but the shorter answer is Fucken Aye I can. Like a drop of water influences the shape of a rock. 22 hours ago
- RT @mememdo: @austingmackell twit "can influence western policy". Self important? 22 hours ago
- @mememdo more than I can influence the actions of someone so full of hate and despair they are ready to do something like london... 22 hours ago
- This is fucking bullshit. My mate @R_Trick receives an intimidatory visit from Secret Intelligence Organization. thawraeyewitness.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/asio-h… 22 hours ago
Blogroll
- Acitv8Change The fantastic and fiery Kate Ausburn’s blog
- Antony Loewenstein One of Australia’s best and most critical intellectuals
- Disgruntled Biped “23 year old curmudgeon. Serial pessimist. Born in Jesusland, raised in Redneck Wonderland… suffice to say that both these experiences damaged me profoundly. Much happier now in the Inner West.”
- Inner West Live A community of blogger/journo/food-reviews/catlovers from around the Inner West (The Cool Part) of Sydney
- Lorenzo Tugnoli An amazing Italian photojournalist.
- Patch Galey A very sharp young British journalist based in Beirut and working at the Daily Star (also once my flat-mate)
- Penultimo A blog about my neighbourhood run by Jesse Stein and Erin Riley… Coz I still got love for the streets.
- Richard Hall Another fine young Daily Star Journo, writing from Beirut about the Middle East and beyond.
- Sam Tarling English Photojournalist bouncing round the Middle East. In Cairo (in the thick of it) last I checked.
- The Review of The New York Review of Books A side project of mine, featuring meta-reviews (reviews of reviews), video digests, and comment pages for the NYRB
- The Tongue Are you ready for a taste of the realness?
- The Tracy and The John “the men danced the dance of the gays”
- Two Bullets an anonymous insider from the Sydney music scene
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Tag Archives: Wikileaks
Letter for Melbourne Assange Rally
Have been honoured once more by those agitating for Assange, who asked me to provide a letter to be read at today’s Melbourne rally; I’m an Australian freelance journalist, who was arrested, along with my colleagues, in the textile town … Continue reading
Another Letter for Assange
The following was read on my behalf at a rally in Sydney calling on the Government of Ecuador to grant political Asylum to Julian Assange, Editor in Cheif of Wikileaks. I would like to start once more by saying how … Continue reading
Letter in support of Assange
Below is the text of a letter which was read on my behalf at #Rally4JA events held in Australia. I know that at the Sydney rally it was read by a friend and hero of mine Antony Loewenstein. The text is also … Continue reading
Write to your MP, support Assange
I know it isn’t much, but every little bit helps. Also, we can’t complain if our politicians dont speak up for Assange if we dont. Seems like it is coming to crunch time regarding whether or not he gets sent … Continue reading
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Tagged Assange, Paypal, Sweden, Tanya Plibersek, Visa, Wikileaks
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Sydney Rally in support of Wikileaks
Yesterday (14 Dec 2010) at Sydney Town Hall, protests were held at what they see as the persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and at their own governments complicity in it. One of several rallies around the country held that … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Loewenstein, Internet freedom, Julia Gillard, Julian Assange, Kiraz Janicke, Police Violence, Stuart Rees, Sydney, Wikileaks
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A Screen-Shot to Remember
I’m posting this because I think in the future it will be considered valuable – like the menus aboard the Titanic or an original poster promoting Woodstock – as a slice of reality from a historic moment. Continue reading
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Tagged #cablegate, #iamwikileaks, Anon, Bolivia, Tad Tietze, US foreign policy, Wikileaks
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Assange and Asylum Seekers Share Corporate Warden?
There has been speculation that Serco, the company which runs Australia’s “immigration detention centres” (and various other facilities for incarceration around the world), will play a role in holding or transporting the now incarcerated Julian Assange. The speculation began following the … Continue reading
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Tagged #cablegate, Jullian Assange, political prisoners, refugees, Serco, Wikileaks
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The Secret Shame of Jon Ungoed-Thomas
-when moral midgets pretend to understand men of substance, then need telling to go fuck themselves.
Jon Ungoed-Thomas’s daddy didn’t love him and he has insecurity issues about it. He was also unpopular in high-school and, some speculate, suffered from terrible acne and premature ejaculation. Continue reading
Antony Loewenstein talks to #ElectionWire
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Tagged 2010 Election, Afghanistan, Alliance Maintanence, America, American Left, Antony Albanese, Antony Loewenstein, Australia, Australian Federal Election 2010, Australian Media, Australian War Crimes, Boradband Network, corporate media, Foreign Policy, Grainler, Greens, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Labor Party, Left, Lobby, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Radical, Rendition, Rudd, Sam Byrne, Torture, US alliance, War, Wikileaks
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